Day 1, Session 1: Marx and Engels and Classical German Philosophy
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYOur discussion will focus on the basic, immediate philosophical background in classical German philosophy represented primarily by Kant, Hegel, Fichte and Schelling that Marx and Engels inherited.
Day 1, Session 2: Live from Place de La Republique on Bastille Day
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYThis will consist of a short documentary including interviews with three key players in the events of the past months: Francois Ruffin, editor and director of Merci Patron (Thanks Boss); a member of the CGT, the union that is leading the strikes; and an academic who will provide a critical analysis of the labor law.
Day 1, Session 3: May 1968 in France: Learning from the Participants
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY“May ’68 seemed to portend the beginning of a revolutionary period in Europe, but it didn’t. Even so, in France and in so much of the world, it remains a marker, a moment when it was forbidden to forbid, when it seemed the imagination was about to seize power.”
Day 1, Session 4: What Would Karl Marx be Listening to on Bastille Day in 2016
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYwith Ras Moshe and John Pietaro Ras Moshe hails from a musical and political family in Brooklyn. Ras has been playing music for 30 years and keeps the family tradition ... Read more
Fiction from The Busted Boom
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYThe 30s were a time of turmoil for most and a decade shaping the terrain of the way life was to be lived on the edge—in shadow or in light.
Day 1, Session 5—Solidarity Without Borders
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYAre we witnessing the formation of an historic bloc via precarity unlike formations in the prior history of capitalism? We are witnessing Greek workers welcoming refugees to Greece as the central European banks push them towards brutal levels of austerity not seen in Europe since WWII.